HIV Testing, Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices among Minorities: Pregnant Women of North-African Origin in Southeastern France

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-92

  Messiah, Antoine ^a,b   Rey, Dominique ^a   Obadia, Yolande ^a   Rotily, Michel ^a   Moatti, Jean Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

HIV transmission; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MINORITY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0031992585     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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